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Letters Patent No. 75,841, dated Marc/71 24, 1868.

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,Be it known that I, SAMUEL N. Banouma, of Milford, in the county of New Haven, and State of Connecticut, have invented a new Improvement in Slide-Seat Carriages; and I do hereby declare the following, when .taken inconneetion with the accompanying drawings, and the letters of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, and which said drawings constitute part of this speciiieation, and represent, inv Figure 1, a side view,- showing a carriage as a single seat.

Figure 2, a like View as a. double seat; and in Figure 3 a section on linea: looking to the front.

This invention relates to an improvement inwhat are termed slide-seat carriages, that is to say, arranged so that the principal seat will slide back, and a second seat, underneath the principal seat, is turned up and over, so as to form a second seat, as denoted in iig; 2. A great objection to this class of carriages has arisen from the' diiiieulty of entering the carriage, .as it was necessary either te climb over the side between the two seats or over the front seat. My invention consists in the peculiar construction and arrangement ofthe second seat, whereby these objections are entirely overcome.

To enable others to construct my improvement, I will proceed to describe the same as illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

A is the body; B,tl1e principal seat, arranged to slide back in proper guides, as from the position in iig. 1 to that denoted in Iig. 2, in the usual manner; C, the second seat, is hinged at a, se as to turn over in the position denoted in fig. 1, to permit the seat B to pass freely over it, or out, as seen in iig. 2. I hinge the seat C in or near the centre, so as to form two parts, as seen in iig. 3, and thetwo parts supported upon pivots a, so as to turn freely thereon. The pivot a has a spring, el, `Werking upon it', so as to beer the seat toward the opposite side, as denoted in iig. 3, and thus hold the seat upon the pivot at the opposite end. When it is desired t-o enter the carriage, press the seat C against the spring cl until the pivot upon the opposite side to the spring is clear, as denoted in red; then turn up the seat,` as denoted in blue, and the person may enter to the back seat without the necessity of climbing over the front seat; then, when the seat is 'again turned down, press back the spring until the scat will 'pass on to the pivot as before. Thum-by a convenient arrangement, I have overcome thel diilieulties existing in this class of carriages.

I am aware that carriagc-seats have been ccnstructedto double inthe centre, and Ido not,.therefore, wish to be understood as broadly claiming suehvas my invention, but

What I do claim as new and useful, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

Tlie arrangement of the spring d upon one end of the double seat, in combination with the catch or pivot At upon tho other end of the double seat, so as to operate to permit the folding of the seat as set forth.

SAMUEL N. BEECHER.

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